*This piece was originally written for a poetry class I took as an undergraduate. It was fun to revisit it and put it through some edits.*
By Hannah E. Aaron2 years ago in Poets
F - For fuck’s sake, I feel let down by life’s twists and turns. R - Royally irritated, my patience wears thin. U - Under the circumstances, I feel majorly disappointed.
By Mother Combs2 years ago in Poets
Lie on a couch pour it all out one, two, many feelings. they give you a pill say ‘you can choose to chill, or maybe you just need Jesus’.
By Ellie Hoovs2 years ago in Poets
Wow, $280,000 is a lot of money With that, you could buy a lot of honey There’s so much one person would be able to buy From a brand-new BMW to a yummy Dutch apple pie
silver beams translucent illuminates quiescent snow twinkling like stars
Count down to zero champagne bubbles dance on lips Toast, Kiss, Sing, Begin
One dark winter night the frost fae joyfully dance dawn shows their icy steps
There is a broken picture on the floor, The one I tried to tape back together while one hand was tied behind my back. there is the statue of a horse on a shelf
Her hair is infinite strands of gold reminding me, this is Heaven I hold, I have died, in part, woe ridden only that I cannot freeze time,
Shadowed fingers of memory trace my name on your pillow as you dream. Skeletons of memories are playing hide and seek with your demons
11 o clock sun my face tilting, eager to feel the light across the wisp of skin that form my eyelids… An orange glow fills my mind-
By Michele Nampalli2 years ago in Poets
Shiva You were the light of my life and the love of my soul. Coming from the shelter many years ago, we both embarked on a journey unlike any other I have ever known.
By Ute Luppertz ✨ 2 years ago in Poets
